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The Mission to Lepers – later known as The Leprosy Mission – was founded by Wellesley C Bailey. This book, published three years before Bailey’s death at the age of 91 – to which he contributed the foreword – recounts the mission’s history. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of…
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There were seven missionary ships operated in the Pacific Ocean by the London Missionary Society called John Williams, named after the British missionary (1796 – 20 November 1839). The first John Williams sank in 1864, so the voyage described in this book is, presumably, on one of the later ships. My thanks to Redcliffe College…
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Arthur Tatchell’s history of medical missions in China is illustrated with 46 photographs which have been scanned in greyscale to preserve their quality. My thanks to Redcliffe College for providing me with a copy of the book to scan. This title is in the Public Domain. W. Arthur Tatchell [1869-1937], Medical Missions in China. In…
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One of the largest sets I received from Redcliffe College was William Canton’s exhaustive 5 volume work on the History of the British and Foreign Bible Society [published 1904]. The complete series, consisting of almost 2,500 pages is now available for free download in PDF. These books are in the Public Domain. William Canton [1845-1926],…